City Referencing Guide
(updated Oct 2023)

Last updated: Mon, Oct 02 2023 at 09:36am

How to do citations in City style?

This is the Citationsy guide to City citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in City.

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How do you cite a book in the City referencing style? (2023 Guide)

One of the most cited mediums is of course books. Here’s how to cite a book in City

Here’s an example book citation in City using placeholders:

Last Name, First Name. 2000. Title. Edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name. Edition. City: Publisher.

So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
City citation:

Angelou, Maya. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st ed. New York: Random House.

And an in-text citation book citation in City looks like this: (Angelou 1969)

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How to reference a journal article in the City citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in City format?

An City citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title, journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Here’s how

Here’s a City journal citation example using placeholders:

Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author3 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Container Volume (Issue). Journal Name: pages Used. doi:DOI.

So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in City:

Petit, C., and J.M. Sieffermann. 2007. “Testing Consumer Preferences for Iced-Coffee: Does the Drinking Environment Have Any Influence?” 18 (1). Food Quality and Preference: 161-172. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Petit and Sieffermann 2007)

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How to cite a website in a paper in City style?

The basics of a reference list entry for a web page or web document in City is straight forward. Here’s how

Here’s an City example website reference:

Author1 LastnameAuthor1 Firstname, and Author2 LastnameAuthor2 Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Publisher. https://www.example.com.

To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:

Tran, Mark. 2008. “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (Tran 2008)

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How to cite a YouTube video City in 2023

Are you watching a YouTube video and found something worth sharing in your research paper? Here’s how to cite a YouTube video in City

Here’s a City citation YouTube video example:

ChannelName. 2000. “Title”. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX.

So how to cite a video City?

Pixar. 2015. “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ.

And an in-text video citation would look like this: (Pixar 2015)

How to cite a podcast using City referencing style

To cite a podcast episode in City, all you need to do is the following

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in City.

Lastname, Firstname. 2000. “Title”. Publisher. http://www.example.com.

Podcast referencing example in City using “This American Life” episode 640:

This American Life. 2018. “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio. https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (This American Life 2018)

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using City referencing style?

Citing a song or album accessed through an online streaming service in City is pretty straight forward, this is all you need:

An example song citation in City.

Lastname, Firstname. 2000. Song Title. Album. http://www.example.com.

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in City:

The Beatles. 1969. Here Comes the Sun. Abbey Road. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150.

And an in-text citation would look like this: (The Beatles 1969)

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City Referencing Guide (updated Oct 2023)

This is the Citationsy guide to City citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies. The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in City.